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in the champions league? on newsnight at 10:30 tonight, we'll bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters. and of course, look at what the papers are saying about tomorrow's news. good evening. in a major speech promising economic growth across the uk, asked for approval for more capacity, and now the government says a new runway will help "make britain the world's best connected place to do business". the chancellor was speaking at a manufacturing plant near oxford infrastructure projects.

version of silicon valley, and the government is backing of greater manchester. critics, including the labour mayor of london, say extending heathrow is incompatible with the uk's climate commitments. these are the magnets used in hospital mri scanners. the government says generating economic growth is its defining mission. the centrepiece announcement — an idea held in a perpetual holding pattern for years —

expanding heathrow airport. a third runway at heathrow. hey, hey! labour's mayor of london doesn't like the idea either. massive potential, but pathetic transport connections

these cities are home to two of the best universities in the world and the area is a hub for globally renowned science and technology firms. relating to things that, if they come to pass, and on its watch, it ramped up all those taxes that it said there are other ways to get growth into the economy. l in terms of national growth. it'll be sometime in the distance. that growth right now.

the scars in our economy run deep. what do you say to those who might say, is this anywhere near enough? and what happens if it doesn't work? you take those shocks that you mentioned. well, those shocks have affected countries all around the world. that's why it's different this time. already picked aren't forgotten. chris mason, bbc news.

as simonjack explains. nearly 500,000 planes take off or land here every year, and it can't take any more. welcomed the government support for a mammoth project. trust a government that can be with us for many years to deliver this. and that is also our commitment. a third runway will need a tunnel underneath for the m25, see over 700 homes nearby demolished, but create tens of thousands of jobs. local reaction is mainly but not all negative. not good for the people

who live around here. they need to build it here. so for them it's normal. i don't think it is a good idea. people sick with asthma. the mission�*s targets. we have legally binding carbon budgets. work in order to make the sums stack up. a third runway here at heathrow has been on the drawing board for decades. opposition and, despite this morning's speech, nothing will happen anytime soon.

with a fair wind, the first phase will hit the ground in three to four immediate help to businesses who are facing higher wages, higher tax bills in under ten weeks. but other projects are further advanced in the south, you've also got - gatwick and luton who have been get decisions soon. the decision to reopen. business confidence took a beating at the budget, it is a really big signal to the market, to global investors, to uk plc that we are serious about these things. and you are waiting for that signal, that you can now begin to think about your investment plans.

provide the economy with a bit of a lift. simonjack, bbc news, heathrow. chris and faisal are here. you spoke with the chancellor after her speech, faisal. how confident is she she's on the right track with all this? the bottom line is that these sorts of if enacted bring over i over the 7 over the long 77 over the long term. 77 over the long term. these growth over the long term. these projects have been delayed for years and are added to and years and are added to the political and economic stability over the decade and led to a �* investors this a �* investors this infrastructure, �* investors in this infrastructure, thinking they can't get this stuff so they can't get this stuff done, so is the shift the that is the mind shift the chancellor is trying to engender in those international investors so i spoke to her in 0xfordshire i when. i seeks ts; her in. qxfm�*dshre! it to whsn. i seeks te hsr in. qxfm�*eshrs i it to her, that is all well and put it to her, that is all well see! but put it to her, that is all well and but when people actually going good but when people actually going to see the fruits this type of these projects delivered, creating jobs during

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now it's in the space that president trump says illegal immigrants arrested in america will be sent. illegal aliens threatening the american people. and tough... it's a tough place to get out of. to brazil and colombia. controversial cabinet members.

it is a medical condition in his throat that gives mr kennedy this very distinctive voice. i support the measles vaccine. i support the polio vaccine. is a deadly disease. that's not true. he is not fit for office. his basement, his garage,

his dorm room were always in a blender to feed to his hawks. the bbc has approached robert kennedy for comment. i'm going to let him go wild on medicine. largest religious gathering, the kumbh mela in northern india.

where two rivers meet, the ganges and the yamuna, can be seen from outer space. "my mother died, her mother died," she cries. like this could happen.

before the day even started, tension was already building — police breaking their own barriers, sprinting to disperse the crowds. instead, many were whisked away, injured or worse. just over this way is the main bathing area, where everyone wants to take a dip in the holy waters. as ever in this kind of a crowd,

one person gets pushed and it ended samira hussein, bbc news, prayagraj. which are needed to build proteins, and the molecules that form dna. here's rebecca morelle. a smash and grab in deep space. of asteroid called bennu.

a 500 metre—wide space rock. it was packed into a capsule and brought to earth. scientists here have now carried out a detailed analysis of the space rock, and it's proved to be a treasure trove. something new about bennu. it's just this dark rock. but it'sjust incredible how rich it is. before in meteorites, and the combination of them that we haven't seen before. we also found it had this incredible array of organic molecules. we now know bennu contains thousands of carbon rich compounds, including amino acids

and nucleobases, the building blocks of dna. this doesn't mean there was ever life on the asteroid, about a.5 billion years ago, a swirling cloud of gas and dust came together to make the solar system. so earth is unique in that it's the only place where we found life so far. was delivered all the way throughout the solar system. and one of the big things that we're trying to understand now is if you have the right conditions, why do we have life on here on earth? and could we find it elsewhere in our solar system? the research on bennu will continue.

as far as the eye can see. 0nce majestic, now fallen trees. the scale of destruction caused by storm eowyn laid bare. it's estimated that more than 10,000 trees have fallen, i think it's sheer numbers.

sheer numbers of trees. we were talking to somebody earlier on who had proposed at one take months to complete. there are plans now to replant. 70,000 saplings are growing, with 15,000 set to be planted this year. the opportunities that are presented here by a storm is that we've got from a natural regeneration of the woodlands perspective, and the small mammals all the way up through the food chain.

sara girvan, bbc news in county down. zhenhao zou, who is 27, is also accused of filming some of the alleged attacks. but none of the others. lloyds banking group says it's to close 136 more high street branches. 61 will shut between may this year and next march, lloyds says its customers are shifting away from banking in person to using mobile services, and all staff affected including those in china, are using its work to make rapid advances in developing their own artificial intelligence programmes.

the app can emulate the performance of chatgpt, apparently at a fraction of the cost. the only solution used to be a specially designed phone that but now ordinary phones can use satellites too, as zoe kleinman reports. that's somewhere with no phone signal. where it can be flaky. now there's a new plan to eliminate them. they provide most of the uk's mobile coverage and they're not going away.

to its uk phone network by the end of the year. hello, margarita. the concept of notspots. there is already emergency satellite connectivity for sending text messages, but this service would enable fully a let mers satsiiitsse , what we need to think

about in the future, the space environment whilst using it for the benefit of everybody back on earth. the bbc has been told that king charles was involved in the changing of the name of a new royal navy submarine earlier this week, the former defence secretary, grant shapps, champions league tie against club

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